I have never been marble’s greatest fan. It seems the duo often are prone to choosing the path of least creative resistance, resulting in a sound that is far too lightweight to leave a positive or rather, any sort of impression upon me. Weak songs, weak melodies, snoozy arrangements…let’s just say the only purpose I find for their material is as a potential cure for insomnia.

Utatane gives marble a chance to remedy that though - take a bunch of classic anime theme songs, give them an iyashikei makeover…can’t go wrong, can’t you? And they certainly don’t, their gentle covers of Seikan Hikou (Macross F) and Sora kara Koboreta Story (Sherlock Hound) possessing an irresistibly quaint charm and dreaminess about them.

Ah, this year is certainly turning out to be an interesting one in terms of anisong releases…there’s so much more I have yet to explore though. お楽しみ～